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Get discounted MedBoard services with your BIVDA membership

Thanks to our partnership with MedBoard, members can receive discounts on the first year of their MedBoard subscription. MedBoard is an innovative cloud platform that centralises global medical, MedTech, Digital Health, and Pharma information. empowering professionals, teams, and organisations with accessible, cutting-edge digital tools to enhance their work and decision-making. By using the code BIVDAMEDBOARD, the following discounts will apply:…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2025
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Latest NIHR funding opportunities

The following new funding opportunities may be of interest to members: Cross-programme: Pandemic preparedness – platform clinical trials in hospital and community settings Closing date: 3 September 2025 at 1:00 pm As part of a suite of work to prepare for a future pandemic or major epidemic, the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programmes are looking to fund…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2025
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Last chance: Moving Forward in Infection Diagnostics: Adoption and Implementation – 6 May

NHS England have sent out personal invites for people to register the next NHS England and Leeds NIHR Biomedical Research Centre event in the Moving Forward Infection Diagnostics series: Adoption and Implementation on Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 9:30am - 4:00pm at Nexus, Leeds. An effective adoption and implementation strategy and streamlined processes for diagnostics will help ensure key partners are…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2025
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Parliamentarians call for action on AMR

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has produced a new report calling on the Government to prioritise AMR as a standalone focus in the forthcoming National Security Strategy, highlighting the link between conflict and the rapid rise of drug-resistant infections and pointing to the situation in Ukraine, which offers crucial lessons for policy and preparedness in the…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2025
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BIVDA meet with PPS to the Health Secretary, Deirdre Costigan MP

BIVDA were invited to a recent breakfast meeting with Deirdre Costigan, MP for Ealing and Southall. One of the new Labour MPs elected at the last election, Ms Costigan is a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Health Secretary Wes Streeting and in a position of significant responsibility for health policy and delivery. At the meeting, Ms Costigan talked frankly about the…
Ben Kemp
April 29, 2025
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Upcoming BSAC webinars on antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Members may be interested in signing up for the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy's 2025 series of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) – Hot Topic Webinars between May and July. Live webinars will run 1230-1400hrs UK time and will be recorded and available to view on demand to those who register. These webinars will cover all aspects of antimicrobial susceptibility testing…
Ben Kemp
April 22, 2025
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UKHSA releases Mpox control strategy for 2025 – 2026

The government's newly released Mpox control strategy outlines a UK-wide public health strategy to control and eliminate mpox over the next year. It reflects a joint commitment from the UK’s four public health agencies, each responsible for their national response, with UKHSA leading coordination, vaccine and treatment procurement, and cross-government preparedness. The UK’s public health agencies have agreed the following…
Ben Kemp
April 22, 2025
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Member input needed: Research and Development tax relief advance clearances consultation

There is only a month to go until the government's R&D tax relief advance clearances consultation closes. The consultation explores introducing clearances for R&D tax reliefs to reduce error and fraud, enhance certainty, and improve customer experience. The government seeks feedback on whether such a system would achieve these goals and which design or approach would be most effective. R&D…
Ben Kemp
April 22, 2025
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UK SMI V 5: Laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis C virus – member input required

This UK SMI provides a detailed review of initial and supplemental laboratory-based serological and Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAAT) for the detection and exclusion of Hepatitis C virus (HCV). You can find further information here. Due to the Easter Bank holidays, the deadline for comments has been extended to 25th April 2025. To contribute to the consultation, please use the survey…
Ben Kemp
April 15, 2025